N'eiv Roses. 



In the ornamental department, all must 

 acknowledge that we have progressed in a 

 •wonderful manner, not only in the methods 

 of laying out lawns and gardens, but in the 

 variety of trees and plants of quite recent 

 introduction. 



The use of sub-tropical plants, so called, 

 creates a wonderful change in the effect of 

 our gardening operations ; and the introduc- 

 tion of a class of tender plants for bedding- 

 out during the summer months, such as the 

 Coleus and Alternant he? a^ have instituted a 

 new and entirely distinct feature. 



All of the old class of florists' flowers 

 have undergone a change for the better. 

 Take, for instance, the G-eranium. What 

 an endless profusion of varieties we now 

 have, even producing the bloom as double 

 as the Ranunculus, and of almost every 

 color. The Fuchsia, too, improved with 

 white and double corollas ; and lastly, 

 glance at the list of Roses recommended in 

 the opening numbers of our journal, and 

 compare such with the leading varieties of 

 to-day. 



Where is the end to such improvement, 

 and how long can we go on adding new col- 

 ors and increased size to this " Queen of the 

 parterre ? " 



The patrons of the esculent vegetable de- 

 partment tell us that the new varieties here 

 are introduced so rapidly that they find it 

 impossible to test them all, and that where, 

 in former times, some vegetables matured 



all at once, now the season has become so 

 lengthened as to aff'ord a supply for the 

 table all summer long. 



Such in brief is a summary of the past as 

 compared with the present, and the moral 

 of it all is, that, to succeed in our work, we 

 must bring to the task a determination to 

 investigate what has been termed the mys- 

 terious operations of nature, and turn them 

 to account. 



Let us carry on our investigations in a 

 proper spirit,, with a full understanding of 

 nature's laws relating to the growth of 

 plants, and never in any case jump at hasty 

 conclusions. In the testing of new varie- 

 ties, bear in mind how many of us con- 

 demned the Concord grape when it was first 

 brought out; and, later yet, how nearly the 

 Black Eagle cherry came to being forever 

 lost by one season's trial of the fruit. Then 

 shall we be on the correct path to improve- 

 ment, and confer countless blessings, not 

 only on ourselves, but on our fellow-laborers, 

 wherever they may be found ; for, in help- 

 ing others, we help ourselves, both directly 

 and indirectly. 



In wishing our readers, one and all, a 

 happy New Year, allow us to hint that in 

 no way can they make our New Year hap- 

 pier than by giving us the benefit of their 

 experience in the orchard, lawn and garden, 

 so that we may in turn help others, who 

 have never enjoyed the same opportunities 

 for gaining practical information. 



New Koses. 



BY C. P. 



HAYES, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



TN the enterprise displayed by nurserymen, ; to the growing of new seedlings, has proven 

 ^ horticulturists and florists of our country, that the Rose is susceptible of as great im- 

 in importing, and their skill in raising, all provement in beauty of foliage, habit, vigor 

 the new and choice varieties of plants grown and delicacy of color as other plants. The 

 in Europe, few only have given their atten- great and most successful growers of Europe, 



tion to that beautiful "Queen of Flowers," 

 the Rose, and within a very recent date 

 only, a very limited number of new and im- 



such as Verdier, Lacharme, Levet, Mar- 

 gottin, Guillot, Schwartz, Wm. Paul, Paul 

 and Sons, Ducher, Pernet, Gonod, Bradel, 



proved varieties added. The grand displays , Damaison, Soupert et Notting, Liabaud and 

 in London and other cities in Europe of others, have added to their fame, in a few 

 recent date, and the special attention given ! years past, by producing from seedlings the 



